1. The leading brand of artificial sweetener in India, ‘Sugar Free’ is owned by?
Ans. Cadila

2. Monsoon is caused by?
Ans. Seasonal reversal of winds

3. An Indian company manufacturing automobiles for Mitsubishi is?
Ans. Hindustan Motors

4. The name “Koneru Humpy” is associated with which of the following sport?
Ans. Chess.

5. The new coin ‘Rupiya’ was issued for the first time by?
Ans. Sher Shah Suri.

6. One of the following allows an individual to start and continue to share regularly any of his/her own personal experience, knowledge, opinion or thought with the internet community?
Ans. Blog

7. Phishing is?
Ans. A fraudulent way of getting the PIN and bank passwords using emails

8. In the sports world, the sobriquet ‘Indo-Pak Express’ is applied to
Ans. Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul- Haq Quareshi

9. A film that has not been directed by Mira Nair is
Ans. Earth

10. In banking terminology, CRR means
Ans. Cash Reserve Ratio

11. Some of the large deals entered into by IT majors in India (all are billion dollar deals) are listed here as options. Which one is not?
Ans. Infosys-ABN AMRO

12. A suicide car bomb caused havoc in England in July 2007 at the which airport
Ans. Glasgow

13. Pakistan has signed Free Trade agreement (FTA ) and a five year investment package with
Ans. China

14. Major oil finds in India have been reported in
Ans. Krishna Godavari Basin

15. The propagation of radio signals is greatly influenced by
Ans. The ionosphere

16. According to Dun & Bradsstreet which one of the following is the largest employer among Indian ITES and BPO companies?
Ans. Genpact

17. “In God we trust, the rest have to bring data on the table.” This statement was made by the famous industrialist
Ans. Narayan Murthy

18. The runner-up in the recent Vice-Presidential election was
Ans. Dr. Najma Heptullah

19. Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?
Ans. Planning Commission

20. When did Governor General’s rule end in India
Ans. 26th January 1950

21. The following newspaper was voted as the largest selling newspaper in the world
Ans. The Times of India

22. Which of the following countries is the top source of FDI inflows into India at present?
Ans. Mauritius

23. The human cell contains
Ans. 46 chromosomes

24. The three largest economies in the world (year 2006) were
Ans. USA, Japan, & Germany

25. Identify an entry that is reversed in terms of the forex rates for US Dollar on a day recently.
Ans. 1 US $ = •1.42

26. Starbucks, the coffee chain retailer’s name is inspired from which book
Ans. Mobydick

27. A major US toy manufacturer which suffered a breakdown in supply chain from China on account of legally unacceptable toxic substances in its products is
Ans. Mattel Toys

28. “Bollywood” name has been granted as a trademark to which US based Media and Entertainment company by Indian Trademark Registry?
Ans. Disney Enterprises

29. Lakshmi Mittal, the famous NRI industrialist, is partnering with Govt. of India for the following big project:
Ans. Oil Refinery

30. Tyeb Mehta, Nand Lal Bose and ....... are
Ans. Painters

31. Zapak Digital Entertainment (a gaming venture) belongs to which business group?
Ans. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises

32. In August 2007, Chennai High Court passed a landmark judgment that may have far reaching consequences of pharmaceuticals industry, dismissing a writ petition filed by a company. Name it.
Ans. Novartis

33. The busiest port in the world today is
Ans. Port of Singapore

34. In recent months the monks of Myanmar marched the streets of Yangon in hundreds
Ans. to protest against the government that was ruling

35. To recover the national loss suffered by small investors in the IPO allotment scam from the National Securities Depository Services Ltd & Central Depository Services Ltd. and eight depository participants, a second interim order was passed by
Ans. SEBI

36. Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed in 1936 as :
Ans. All India Radio.

37. Which of the following is not a principal organ of the UNO?
Ans. Trusteeship Council

38. Who was the composer of the classical composition ‘Moonlight Sonata’?
Ans. Ludwig Van Beethoven

39. During the year 2006-07 Indian Railways earned a profit of approximately
Ans. Rs. 20,000 crores

40. Egg is a rich source of nutrients except:
Ans. Vitamin C.

DIRECTIONS for Questions (41-46): Read the following passage and answer within its context. The passages was about Children’s Curiosity, and Importance of asking questions for the Scholars. It discussed that the questions asked by the Scholars are too minute and specialized for the common man to understand without years of explanation.

41. Common people consider some of the questions asked by scholars as unimportant
Ans. scholars ask very minute, specialized questions beyond the comprehension of the common man.

42. In the statement ‘that is mainly what a university is for’ ‘that’ refers to
Ans. the aim and scope of the university to provide an opportunity to curious minds to find out the answers to their questions.

43. According to the passage the general public respects
Ans. any useful invention.

44. The writer compares the scientist to
Ans. a historian and mountain climber.

45. The primary function of a scholar is different from the search for a cure for cancer because
Ans. the primary function of a scholar is satisfaction of his mental curiosity, while research involving a cure for cancer demands a
constant, systematic and planned pursuit by several scholars.

46. Idle curiosity means
Ans. casual curiosity.

47. Find the correct match of definition/meaning with usage for the word: WOULD definition / meaning Usage
1) willingness
2) obstinacy persistence                    
3) determination 4) improbable or real condition
5) He would go for a walk even when it was raining.
6) He would do as you say.
7) He beat the ox, but it wouldn’t move.
8) If you came across a snake what would you do?
Ans.1-6, 2-7, 3-5, 4-8

48. Choose the most appropriate passive construction of the sentence:  ‘He is doing his job well.’
Ans. His job is done well by him.

49. There are three underlined words below, followed by their usages. Determine the sentences, in which the use of words is correct or appropriate. Pray. Prey. Prying
A. If you pray with faith, they say, it will be answered.
B. He has fallen a prey to cheats
C. Prying into the affairs of others is bad.
Ans.A, B and C

Directions for Questions (50-54): The following is an excerpt from a recent article by David Ewing Duncan. Read the passage
and answer the questions within its context.
The passage was about Eye Surgeon Virendar Sangawan,s perfected procedure to surgically implant Corneas grown in a Petri dish from stem cells. The passage further discussed on the reverse engineering and generic versions of original versions.

50. According to the article Sangwan-Vemuganti team’s cutting-edge procedure of implanting cornea grown from stem cells is considered a major advancement by the experts because
Ans. They derive stem cells from tissues of living adults and grow cells in labs.

51. Sangwan-Vemuganti procedure is carried out on
Ans. Patients with damaged corneas

52. The world recognizes this Indian innovation because Indian scientists are normally known
Ans. To be good at analysing and finding out a method of how an existing drug is made.

53. The pathologist, Vemuganti, started growing cornea in a petri dish
Ans. By experimenting with procedures published in journals

54. In the context of the passage choose the correct set of meanings for the words: ‘platform’ and ‘generic’
Ans. Methodology; without a brand name

55. Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the word SUBTLE
Ans. Innocent

56. The following sentence has a missing punctuation mark, choose the right answer. My mother who is from the village is very superstitious.
Ans. Comma

57. For the pair of sentences below choose the right option.
1. Those are them.
2. Those are they.
Ans. The first sentence has an error.

Directions for Questions (58-62): Read the following passage and answer within its context.
It was a Passage on TRIP and Global Trade Rules for the protecton of copyright patents, industrial designs, trade secrets etc. It also discussed the conflicting approaches of CBD and TRIP.

58. The author points out that intellectual properly rights and their administration mechanism
Ans. Is throttling the interest of global bio-diversity

59. Which of the following has not been said by the author in the passage?
Ans. The author is supportive of international conventions and treaties such as TRIPs, CBD etc.

60. Out of the countries that signed CBD, the percentage of those that signed the TRIPs also, is
Ans. 76.5

61. According to the author, a higher-yield seed variety is not always welcome as it also ultimately leads to
Ans. Monopoly of developed countries.

62. As per the TRIPs agreement not much differentiation is made between a developed country such as the USA and an undeveloped country such as Sudan. This is
Ans. Definitely true

63. Identify the grammtically correct sentence.
Ans. You should at once report it to the authority concerned.

64. A single word for ‘Speak falsely with deliberate intent’ is
Ans. prevaricate

65. Which two sentences in the following convey the same idea?
1. Wasn’t there any checking at the airport?
2. I want to know if there was any checking at the airport.
3. I wonder if there should have been any checking at the airport?
4. There should have been checking at the airport.
Ans. 2,3

66. Identify the option with the correct spelling.
Ans. pediatrics

67. Find the correct match of grammatical function with usage for the word: AFTER  Grammatical function Usage
1) adjective
2) adverb
3) conjunction
4) preposition
5) You may go after having your lunch
6) It appears to be the after effect of the disease
7) Many graduates are hankering after jobs
8) He came soon after
Ans.1-6,2-8,3-5,4-7

68. Neophyte is the opposite of
Ans. veteran

69. Find the maximum number of times that any one of the given words fits the set of sentences. disabled flimsy crippled lame
1) Don’t make ..... excuses.
2) Liberalization may have ..... smaller manufacturers.
3) Being a defaulter at the stock exchange makes him a ..... duck.
4) A ..... person may limp.
Ans. in two sentences

70. Which of the following does not make a sensible word/phrase when added to the given word? FIRE
Ans. Sstick

71. Arrange the sentence 1,2,3,4 to form a logical sequence between sentences I and II. Choose the alternative where the four combinations make a meaningful sentence.
I We all value having the freedom
1) which many of us fail to honour
2) to make the choices we want in our careers
3) but with great freedom comes great responsibility
4) so most companies fall prey to the policies which become rigid
II and that’s probably one reason we find most companies not following what they preach
Ans. 2,3,1,4

Directions for Questions (72-74): Read the edited excerpt of an article by NELSON VINOD MOSES and answer the questions in this context.
This was a passage on entrepreneurial minds with a social conscience. An example of Ashwin Naik was discussed in Detail.
Thaw wide market acceptance and easy funding available for such modules was also discussed in the same passage.

72. Identify the appropriate business model of the kind of enterprise described by the author.
Ans. Setting up enterprises for social causes for profit and expand rapidly

73. Which of the following companies does not illustrate the idea explained by the author?
Ans. Acumen Fund

74. According to the author, which of the following options describes ‘for profit’ entrepreneurs most appropriately?
Ans. Those who work towards getting financial returns on social business by expanding quickly.

75. A contextual usage is provided for the word below. Pick the word that is most inappropriate. MALINGER: The young man made it a point to malinger inspite of the assigned work load.
Ans. Laze

76. The following is a scrambled sentence with the segments marked 1,2,3 and 4. Choose the alternative with the order of segments that best reconstruct the sentence.
1. For all the padre’s rhetoric about the English as God’s Chosen People, the padre had a whole tribe of
Anglo-Indian first cousins.
2. Padre Rotton was an even more striking case.
3. by various Indian wives, all of whom were at that moment engaged in fighting on the rebel side in
Avadh, where they took an active part in besieging the British Residency in Lucknow.
4. These included James Rotton who could not speak English and the twenty two Muslim sons of his
convert cousin, Felix Rotton
Ans.2,1,4,3

77. Choose the sentence in which the given word is used correctly (grammatically and semantically) ALMOST
Ans. As I crossed the road a scooterist almost hit me.

78. In the following sentence choose the erroneous segment. A B C. We took a taxi so we would be on time for the meeting
Ans. No error

79. Find the ODD one out from the group of words which are related in some way or the other
Ans. cadence

80. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative. Caw is to crows as ..... is to cows
Ans. bellow

91. A rainy day occurs once in every 10 days. Half of the rainy days produce rainbows. What percent of all the days do not produce rainbow?
Ans. 95%

92. Bags I, II and III together have ten balls. If each bag contains at least one ball, how many balls does each bag have? Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Statement (1): Bag I contains five balls more than bag III.
Statement (2): Bag II contains half as many balls as bag I
Ans. BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
sufficient to answer the question asked

93. Area of a square natural lake is 50 sq. kms. A diver wishing to cross the lake diagonally, will have to swim a distance of:
Ans. None of these
94. If n = 1 + x, where x is the product of 4 consecutive positive integers, then which of the following is/are true?
1. n is odd;
2. n is prime 3.
n is a perfect square
Ans.1 and 3 only

95. How many arrangements can be formed out of the letters of the word EXAMINATION so that vowels always occupy odd places?
Ans.86400

96. In a school drill, a number of children are asked to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically opposite the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle?
Ans.20

97. A man purchased 40 fruits; Apples and oranges for Rs.17. Had he purchased as many oranges as apples and as many apples as oranges, he would have paid Rs.15/-. Find the cost of one pair of an apple and an orange.
Ans. 80 paise

98. The number 311311311311311311311 is Ans.neither divisible by 3 nor by 11

99. A man earns 6% SI on his deposits in Bank A while he earns 8% simple interest on his deposits in Bank B. If the total interest he earns is Rs.1800 in three years on an investment of Rs.9000, what is the amount invested at 6 %?
Ans.6000

100. Two identical trains A and B running in opposite directions at same speed take 2 minutes to cross each other completely. The number of bogies of A are increased from 12 to 16. How much more time would they now require to cross each other?
Ans.20s

101. A ladder is lying against a wall which is 5 metres high. If the ladder slips 2 metres away from the wall, the top of the ladder
touches the foot of the wall. The length of the ladder is
Ans. 5.25 m

Directions for Question No (131-133):
During their school Silver Jubilee Reunion, four alumni were discussing their starting annual salaries back in 1981. The salaries in question were Rupees 40, 50, 60 and 70 thousand per year. Of course the present MD of a private company earned the most. Arvind earned more than Biswajeet, and the doctor earned more than Dhruv the engineer. Chinmay could not remember what he started on. Biswajeet the lawyer did not start on Rs.50,000, nor did Dhruv.

131. What is Chinmay’s current profession?
Ans. Doctor

132. What was the Lawyer’s starting salary?
Ans.60,000

133. Who received the highest starting salary?
Ans. Arvind

134. A man has a job which requires him to work 8 straight days and rest on the ninth day. If he started work on a Monday, the 12th time he rests will be on what day of the week?
Ans. Wednesday

136. Babloo and Bunty were excitedly describing the result of the First Annual Running Race at Damapur High School. Snehal, Tanmuy and Waman had been the three contestants. “Tanmay won the race; Waman was in second place,” reported Babloo. Bunty disagreed. “It was Snehal who won. Tanmay came second.” In fact, neither Babloo nor Bunty had given a correct version of the result as each had made one true and one false statement. What was the actual placing of the three contestants?
Ans. Snehal, Waman, Tanmay.

142. At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter- in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How many were there?
Ans. 7

144. Jaideep was given some money by his mother on his birthday. Jaideep spent all of it in five stores. In each store he spent one rupee more than half of what he had when he came in. How much did he get from his mother?
Ans. Rs. 30

145. Consider the following two statements to be true if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements. Select the correct alternative.
Statements: All Lawyers are extrovert. Some wise men are extrovert. Conclusions:
(a) All lawyers are wisemen.
(b) All wisemen are lawyers.
(c) Some extrovert are wisemen.
(d) All extrovert are lawyers
Ans. Only (jc) follows.

Directions for Question No (146-148), Use the data given below to answer the questions.
The following are the results of a survey conducted on a small cross section of students from Symbiosis Group of institutes, to
determine the readership of three Magazines. This survey was conducted in Dec 2006.
– Number of students who read only Business India was 40
– 60 students read only Outlook
– 110 students rend only India Today
– 30 students read all three magazines
– 20 read Business India and India Today, but not Outlook
– 50 read Business India and Outlook, but not India Today
– 40 read Outlook and India Today, but not Business India

146.What was the total no of students surveyed?
Ans. 350

147. How many students did not read Business India?
Ans. None of the above

148.When another survey was conducted in May 2007 with the same set of students, their tastes had changed and the findings were different. All of them read India Today. 120 read Outlook, and no one read Business India. Hence, in May 2007, how many students read only India Today?
Ans.230

149. An ingredient in coffee, known as RTC, has been found to inactivate common cold viruses in experiments. In previous experiments, researchers found that inactivated common cold viruses can convert healthy cells into cancer cells. It can be concluded that the use of coffee can cause cancer. Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
Ans. The carcinogenic effect of RTC could be neutralized by the other ingredients found in coffee.

150. A census taker approaches a house and asks the woman who answers the door, “How many children do you have, and what are their ages?” Woman: “I have three children, the product of their ages is 36, the sum of their ages is equal to the address of the house next door.” The census taker walks next door, comes back and says, “I need more information.” The woman replies, “I have to go, my oldest child is sleeping upstairs.” Census taker: “Thank you, I now have everything I need.” What are the ages of each of the three children?
Ans.9, 2, 2